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Reds Tidbits (2006 Season)

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My quick .02:

A wins a win but 5 inning starts and the manager playing for 1 run in the 4th inning sure as shit won't get it done over the course of the season.

Also amused to see that it took Narron exactly 3 games to get Woe-mack, Aurilia and Hatteberg all in the same lineup.

My hatered for Narron will reach Mileyesque proportions by the AS game I fear.

1st 3 games and were getting 14-15 hits and 6-7 runs per. Soon as that run total starts to dip below 6 rpg the losses will start racking up.

Another name to the list of guys working on their trade value-Weathers. Teams love to overpay for saves, Weathers could be flipped for a nice haul if he puts up a bunch early like Graves used to do.

Lots and lots of small veteran pieces that can be trade bait for a contender later. At least its something to cheer for.
 
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Cincy

4/7/06

Upon further review, Reds win

Ump call goes from caught ball to RBI single

BY JOHN FAY | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER

<!--ARTICLE BODY TEXT-->The inning was over. The Pirates were off the field. And the scoreboard read 5-5.
Then the Reds won an appeal.
The run that wasn't a run and then was a run lifted the Reds to a 6-5 victory over Pittsburgh before a crowd of 13,887 on a rainy night at Great American Ball Park.
With two outs and runners at first and second in the eighth inning, Adam Dunn hit a ball to center field that Chris Duffy clearly caught on a short bounce.
But third base umpire Bruce Dreckman threw up an out signal, and the Pirates ran off the field.
Dunn, Felipe Lopez and first base coach Billy Hatcher stayed to argue, and Reds manager Jerry Narron rushed out of the dugout to join the cause.
"It was clear to see," said Lopez, the runner on first. "(Duffy) did a good job of trapping the ball."
The call eventually was overruled - after Reds reliever Todd Coffey already had reached the mound, anticipating the top of the ninth - and the run Chris Denorfia scored counted, giving the Reds a 6-5 lead.
David Weathers pitched a 1-2-3 ninth, striking out two, to close it out.
"They got it right," Dunn said of the umpires. "I thought they would. That's one of the best crews out there."
Said crew chief Gary Darling: "Larry (Poncino) and I saw if differently (than Dreckman). We got together and flipped it and got it right."
It was key that there were two outs. Had there been fewer, the call might have stood, because runners would have passed one another on the bases.
Pittsburgh manager Jim Tracy was ejected for arguing the overruling.
The umps were convinced they got it right after watching the replay.
"Even more so than we were on the field," Darling said.
Before the eighth-inning drama, the Reds blew leads of 3-0 and 5-3.
Starter Brandon Claussen was in line to earn a win after pitching five innings of three-run ball. But newcomer Rick White, a former Pirate, gave up a two-run home run to Ryan Doumit in the eighth to give up the lead.
Before the game-winning single, Dunn hit one of the longest home runs in park history. The ball went between the two smokestacks in right-center field, leaving the yard about 50 feet above the wall.
"We should have gotten three runs - the ball went between the goal posts," Narron said.
It traveled an estimated 479 feet, hit the concourse and bounced onto Mehring Way, striking a car.
"I ain't paying," Dunn said.
Told the driver picked up the ball, Dunn said: "There, we're even."
Claussen pitched out of a second-and-third, no-out jam in the first inning.
The Reds took a 1-0 lead in the first when Lopez doubled and Ken Griffey Jr. singled him home. They pushed the lead to 3-0 in the third on Tony Womack's two-run single.
Claussen was rolling by then. He retired nine in a row, entering the fourth. But then he gave up a three-run homer to former Red Joe Randa.
Edwin Encarnacion, pinch hitting for Claussen, got the Reds back in the lead with a two-out single up the middle in the fifth.
Claussen pitched five innings, allowing three runs on five hits. He struck out five and walked none.
Dunn made it 5-3 with the 160th home run of his career, which tied him with Gus Bell for 10th on the Reds' all-time list. Dunn's homer was the fourth-longest in park history.
"They all count the same," Dunn said, "whether they go in the first row like Junior's or 500 (feet)."
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Well I guess this team will be fun to watch until they running into pitching.

Their team ERA is in the 9 range. Now I know they have only played 3 games but they have given up 28 runs in 3 games.:!

Anyone want to take a guess on the over/under on number of homers Milton gives up tonite?? I am going to say 1.5. It isnt the middle of summer yet, b/c then balls will be flying out right and left.
 
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crazybuckfan40 said:
Well I guess this team will be fun to watch until they running into pitching.

Their team ERA is in the 9 range. Now I know they have only played 3 games but they have given up 28 runs in 3 games.:!

Anyone want to take a guess on the over/under on number of homers Milton gives up tonite?? I am going to say 1.5. It isnt the middle of summer yet, b/c then balls will be flying out right and left.
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Sorry to correct you, but in keeping with the theme of ineptitude of the Reds, the team ERA is currently only 6.33 due to the fact that the team lacks the ability to field the ball when it counts. Only 19 of the 27 runs allowed have been earned, and thanks to that there are actually seven teams in MLB with worse ERA's than the redlegs. Eight unearned runs in three games, that has to be on a good pace to set some sort of a record, right?
 
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bearonu said:
Sorry to correct you, but in keeping with the theme of ineptitude of the Reds, the team ERA is currently only 6.33 due to the fact that the team lacks the ability to field the ball when it counts. Only 19 of the 27 runs allowed have been earned, and thanks to that there are actually seven teams in MLB with worse ERA's than the redlegs. Eight unearned runs in three games, that has to be on a good pace to set some sort of a record, right?
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True, but the fact that 6.33 is a correction is still horrible.
 
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crazybuckfan40 said:
True, but the fact that 6.33 is a correction is still horrible.
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Oh absolutely, I am in no way trying to trumpet that as a success. Claussen should have gotten lit up worse than he did last night. He hung quite a few pitches, especially early, that he got away with. Burnitz had two pitches put on tees for him and he fudged 'em both.
 
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Here is another head scrather.

The Reds just aquired Brandon phillips, they now have 4, yeah thats right 4 second baseman on thier team.

Hopefully they are going to get rid of Aurillia and Womack, but who wants them. They will probably want Freel and they will deal him and then be stuck with two guys over the hill and a has been top prospect that Indians just released.

O yeah, but he has versatility and can play short. Well if you don't know yet, you have a franchise SS on your team already Fucking Brilliant.

Here is the article.

WTF
 
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Well Milton hasnt pitched bad. He had only given up 3 hits and no runs through 5 and then he gave up a double and a homer to good ole Sean Casey. We are playing good and are up 5-2, but it is always a scarry thought about going to the late innings with our bullpen.

And once again Freel is doing it big at the top of the lineup. He is 1-2 and a walk, and scored a run.

I just wish they would get rid of Aurillia and Womack and keep Phillips as the utility guy to give Lopez, Freel, or EE a day off and let Denorfia be the utility outfielder.
 
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Well we pulled another one out, giving up 6 runs.

Milton went 7 strong innings only giving up 2 runs on that one homer to Casey.

Then the bullpen came in and gave up 4 runs in 2 innings. It was a good think that we got those late two insurance runs or we lose.

We also had 2 errors tonite. I think we are going to lead the league in those again. So much for the offseason when we were working on our fielding.

Nice to see Lopez with 2 homers.
 
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Cincy

4/8/06

Milton strong, finish shaky

BY KEVIN KELLY | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER

<!--ARTICLE BODY TEXT-->The first Pirates batter Eric Milton faced on a soggy Friday evening at Great American Ball Park smacked a pitch to the warning track.

It landed safely in the glove of Reds right fielder Austin Kearns.

Milton's season debut against the Pirates began belatedly and with a gasp. It ended with a quality start for the left-hander and a 7-6 win by the Reds before 16,573 fans.

Building on a strong finish this spring, and further distancing himself from a disappointing 2005 season, Milton allowed two runs on six hits over seven innings.

"That's what I've done my whole career with the exception of last year," said Milton, who struck out three and walked nobody. "I just feel like I'm myself again. I couldn't explain last year. Worked hard in the offseason and am ready to do it this year."

Friday's game began 2 hours, 25 minutes late because of the severe weather and steady rain that soaked the region.

Milton, who because of the inclement weather warmed up twice in the bullpen before the game, left with a 6-2 lead after throwing 66 of 94 pitches for strikes. The Pirates closed that gap by scoring four runs in the final two innings.

"I thought Eric threw the ball really well," Reds manager Jerry Narron said. "He pitched seven outstanding innings."

Reds reliever Kent Mercker replaced David Weathers with two on and two out in the ninth inning. He struck out Pirates right fielder Jeromy Burnitz to end the game 12:15 a.m.

Cincinnati has now won three consecutive games since losing to the Cubs on Opening Day. The Pirates are winless through five games this season.

The Reds waited one inning before handing Milton a lead Friday.

A groundball out by catcher David Ross in the second inning put Cincinnati ahead 1-0. The next inning shortstop Felipe Lopez hit a two-run homerun to center field and Kearns added a two-run double off Pirates starter Paul Maholm in a four-run third inning.

Lopez added another homerun, a solo shot to center, off Pirates reliever John Grabow in the seventh inning. The only other multi-homerun game of his career came against the Yankees on Sept. 4, 2001.

Ross hit a solo homerun in the eighth inning to make it 7-3.

Great American Ball Park is living up to its hitter-friendly reputation.

Seventeen home runs have been hit in four games at the stadium this season.

Milton posted a 3.00 ERA in his last three spring starts and took a three-hit shutout into the sixth inning. Center fielder Nate McLouth became the first Pirates batter to reach second base when he doubled to lead off the sixth.

Milton retired the next batter before allowing a two-run homerun by Pittsburgh first baseman Sean Casey that made it 5-2.

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Next<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=6 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=storytext bgColor=#eeeeee>Today: Reds vs. Pirates, 1:15 p.m., Great American Ball Park, Game 3 of the four-game series
TV: Fox Sports Net
Radio: WLW-AM (700)
Who's on the mound: Both the Pirates and Reds will send out their Opening Day starters. Aaron Harang was the loser in the Reds' 16-7 loss to the Chicago Cubs, allowing nine runs - six earned - in five innings. Oliver Perez was the hard-luck loser in a 5-2 loss to Milwaukee in the Brewers' home opener. Perez allowed only one run on three hits in 51/3 innings.
Harang vs. Bucs: He went 1-1 with a 3.46 ERA in two starts against the Pirates last season, both in Pittsburgh.
Sunday: Reds vs. Pirates, 1:15 p.m., Great American Ball Park
Radio: WLW-AM (700)
Who's on the mound: Reds LH Dave Williams (10-11, 4.41 ERA in 2005) vs. Pirates RH Victor Santos (0-1, 6.23 this season)
Monday: Off day
Tuesday: The Reds open a three-game series against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.
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